Can someone find out when they are landing and what airline? SPRINGFIELD - Three School Committee members plan to visit Key West, Fla., on June 8 to do a site visit in the school district of Jesus F. Jara, one of two finalists for the Springfield superintendent job. Jara is superintendent of the Monroe County Public Schools in Florida.. The administrative offices for the Monroe School District are in Key West. The other finalist is Springfield Deputy Superintendent Daniel J. Warwick. The School Committee members who will fly to Key West are Peter Murphy, Antonette Pepe and Norman Roldan.

This sounds like the Gracy character, has less character than he believes he has. Butchers FB activity and off school activities should have absolutely no baring on this and I find it distasteful he brought this to the table. It's blame the victim again...very wrong. As for the 30 year marriage, well, how long have Bill and Hillary been married? Didn't stop the Monika debacle, so again, no baring. Why would this married man be out on Duval street drinking to oblivian with a subordinate and her botfriend? Putting the peoples names into this paper who were questioned and answered the questions by Inquisition Mistress Axeford was a very bad thing to do Citizen! You have opened them up to ridicule and reprisals from superiors and collegues alike. THAT was highly irresponsible.

Interesting in that just a few malcontents that wanted to run the school coerced others to bring forth year old statements. Watch the same ones start posting here as they do everytime with further slimey remarks. You lost, move on.

If Jara is happy with the performance of both these people, then reassign them to different places! But c'mon. A principal of a school should not be partying with his employees. If he ever did any type of military service, he'd understand what fraternization brings you. I don't know what kind of administrator he is but he sure made some poor leadership decisions and his testimony sure attacked an employee personally rather than professionally.

Based on this article, Hammond Gracy is an embarrassing twisted joke. He does not belong around children. His unstable, awkward and immature behavior; reflects a mind set that is frequently triggered into acting in a radical and inappropriate manner. Why would any school district hire an individual of this caliber in the first place?? Unfortunately, many of these broken men, and some women, are rewarded with principalships; for they will never pose a threat to the district power structure. They are weak and compromised people who will be forever beholding for their high paying jobs. They will employ even weaker personalities to be in their classrooms. Gracy's comments about swinging a 'dead cat around' is a nasty comment that reflects his abusive nature. It clearly identifies his insensitivity. Knowing what the School District and Board does, they have an absolute responsibility to immediately terminate Hammond's employment. No sane district would touch this character with a ten foot pole. He has brought harm to those students, along with dividing his staff. His toxicity will continue to poison that school. The courage of those who stood up to this threatening menace is appreciated. Make no mistake, Gracy's abhorrent miss-conduct will cost the taxpayers millions. To continue to keep this man around children, teachers and parents is reprehensible. Those involved with the decision to keep this reckless and menacing, excuse of a man, in charge of the education of our children, have inflicted a deep wound that has injured many.